Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo(Movie, 1944)

Name: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1944
Duration: T02:18:00
Rating: 3.4

2h 18min | Genres: Drama, History, War

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 21 votes)

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo is a 1944 American war film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo is based on the 1943 book of the same name by Captain Ted W. Lawson. Lawson was a pilot on the historic Doolittle Raid, America's first retaliatory air strike against Japan, four months after the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The raid was planned, led by, and named after United States Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, who was promoted two ranks, to Brigadier General, the day after the raid. Sam Zimbalist was the film's producer and Mervyn LeRoy directed. The picture stars Van Johnson as Lawson; Phyllis Thaxter as his wife, Ellen; Robert Walker as Corporal David Thatcher; Robert Mitchum as Lieutenant Bob Gray; and Spencer Tracy"> ()

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Awards & Nominations for Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Academy Award for Best Special Effects National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White nominated for: Academy Award for Best Special Effects

About Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

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Trailer 1(Trailer, 3:05)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Translated into 14 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 11/15/1944

Cast: Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Spencer Tracy, Don DeFore, Phyllis Thaxter, Stephen McNally, Robert Mitchum, Leon Ames, Benson Fong, Alan Napier, Hazel Brooks, Dorothy Morris, Paul Langton, Robert Bice, Ann Shoemaker, Bill Williams, Donald Curtis, Jacqueline White, Louis Jean Heydt, Scott McKay, Selena Royle, Morris Ankrum

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Producer: Sam Zimbalist

Screenwriter: Dalton Trumbo

Film Editor: Frank Sullivan

Director of Photography: Robert L. Surtees, Harold Rosson

Composer: Herbert Stothart

Costume designer: Irene Lentz

Production Designer: Cedric Gibbons

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"30 Secondes sur Tokyo"

Keywords: pearl harbor, bomber pilot

Budget: 2,900,000 USD

Revenue: 6,247,000 USD (= 215%)

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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